Holly Oak, Delaware

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Holly Oak, Delaware
Unincorporated town
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Holly Oak
Coordinates: 39°47′18″N75°28′44″W / 39.78833°N 75.47889°W / 39.78833; -75.47889 Coordinates: 39°47′18″N75°28′44″W / 39.78833°N 75.47889°W / 39.78833; -75.47889
Country United States
State Delaware
County New Castle
Elevation
79 ft (24 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 302
GNIS feature ID214109 [1]

Holly Oak is an unincorporated town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. [1] [2] [3] [4] Holly Oak is located northwest of U.S. Route 13 Business between Silverside Road and Harvey Road to the northeast of Wilmington and southwest of Claymont. It was once served by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. Perkins Run, a Delaware River tributary, mouths at Holly Oak.

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  1. 1 2 "Holly Oak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ L. W. HECK, A. J. WRAIGHT, D. J. ORTH,J. R. CARTER, L. G. VAN WINKLE, and JANET HAZEN (1966). Delaware Place Names (PDF). Geological Survey Bulletin 1245 (Report). Government Printing Office (U.S.A.).{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Kraft, J. C.; Thomas, R. A. (1976). "Early Man at Holly Oak, Delaware". Science. 192 (4241): 756–761. Bibcode:1976Sci...192..756K. doi:10.1126/science.192.4241.756. PMID   17777164.
  4. ↑ Holly Oak Journal


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